Variants in Pharmacokinetic Transporters and Glycemic Response to Metformin: A Metgen Meta-Analysis

T. Dujic, K. Zhou, S. W. Yee, N. van Leeuwen, C. E. de Keyser, M. Javorský, S. Goswami, L. Zaharenko, M. M. Hougaard Christensen, M. Out, R. Tavendale, M. Kubo, M. M. Hedderson, A. A. van der Heijden, L. Klimčáková, V. Pirags, A. Kooy, K. Brøsen, J. Klovins, S. SemizI. Tkáč, B. H. Stricker, C. N.A. Palmer, L. M. 't Hart, K. M. Giacomini, E. R. Pearson

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Abstract

Therapeutic response to metformin, a first-line drug for type 2 diabetes (T2D), is highly variable, in part likely due to genetic factors. To date, metformin pharmacogenetic studies have mainly focused on the impact of variants in metformin transporter genes, with inconsistent results. To clarify the significance of these variants in glycemic response to metformin in T2D, we performed a large-scale meta-analysis across the cohorts of the Metformin Genetics Consortium (MetGen). Nine candidate polymorphisms in five transporter genes (organic cation transporter [OCT]1, OCT2, multidrug and toxin extrusion transporter [MATE]1, MATE2-K, and OCTN1) were analyzed in up to 7,968 individuals. None of the variants showed a significant effect on metformin response in the primary analysis, or in the exploratory secondary analyses, when patients were stratified according to possible confounding genotypes or prescribed a daily dose of metformin. Our results suggest that candidate transporter gene variants have little contribution to variability in glycemic response to metformin in T2D.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)763-772
Number of pages10
JournalClinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Volume101
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2017

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